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Minutes of Board Meeting
Eastside VFW St. Cloud
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Meeting called to order by Vice President Roufs at 1:00 PM

Roll called showed Richter absent due to father’s funeral.

Motion Brennan, seconded Forsman, carried, to approve the minutes from the previous meeting as mailed.

Motion Kreger, seconded Hartmann, carried, to approve the following players to play in a tournament in Phoenix, AZ., - Ryan Olson, Dale Dingmann, Chris Clemenson, Jeremy Perchel, Todd George, Doug Lonske, Brook Lyter, Mike Perchel, Todd Fuller, Aaron Olson, Mike Anderson, Aaron Jenkins, Andrew Gilbert.

Motion Forsman, seconded Kreger, carried to approve the following players to play in a Fall Baseball League, and also to play in the Roy Hobbs World Series in Florida, dates November 2 thru November 24 - Dave Fauth, Dave Hinkemeyer, John Jenson, Jay Johnson, Bob Klefsaas, Herb Koch, Mike Marquardt, David McDonald, Kyle Messner, Matt Miller, Randy Moselle, Doug Parks, Tom Steinbach, Dan Vandehey, Mark Fiala, Rod Schafer, John Cosgrove, Tom Arnold, Jim Johnson, Tim Martin, Tom Traen.

Motion Rademacher, seconded Brennan, carried, to appoint Josh Wigley as the new Section 5 Commissioner. He will replace Jim Wigley who the board would like to thank for his dedicated service over the years.

Motion Hartmann, seconded Rademacher, carried, to reinstate Mike Hoelscher, he will be eligible to play in the 2009 season.

Jerry Walerius president of the DRS league along with Terry Fredrickson, John Roiger, and Ash Larson from the Elko baseball team came before the board. Their question was, could they operate one of their leagues, with only 3 “C” Teams, as Elko was moved up to Class “B”, or would they need to find a fourth “C” team to make an eligible league. After lengthy discussion the board tabled this matter until the November meeting, when a decision will be made.

Motion Kreger, seconded Forsman, carried, to approve Christopher Doney to play in the Roy Hobbs World Series in Florida starting October 26, 2008.

The auditing committee met and completed their audit.

The Region and Section Commissioners met at 3:00 PM and discussed items of concern.

The meeting was recessed for dinner.
Meeting was called back to order by President Richter at 5:30 PM

Roll Call showed all directors present.

(Section Commissioners) #1 Dan Plein, #3 John Breimhorst, #7 Mike Kieke

(Region Commissioners) #3 Marlin Reinardy, #4 Don Dvorak, #7 Gerald Roepke, #8 Paul Froncak, #10 Larry Sakkinen, #12 Keith Hanson, #14 Monty Hinzmann, #15 Randy Schoenberg.

(League) Metro Minny, DRS Red-Blue, Cannon Valley Classic, River Valley West, North Star East-West-North, Crow River North-South, Victory-East-South-North, West, Land O’ Ducks-Teal-Wood, Corn Belt-South-North, Lakewood Central, Gopher, Lake & Pine South, Stearns County North-South.

(Guests) 11

After a welcome statement by President Richter, the following committees were appointed: (Credentials): Brennan, Kreger. (Nominating): Forsman, Hartmann, J. Zellmann, M. Bennett, R. Beckmann. (Tellers): Forsman, Hartmann, J. Zellmann, M. Bennett, R. Beckmann

Board Members: Reported on assigned committees they were on.

Secretary-Treasure-Zellmann reviewed the financial report, Dave Hartmann a member on the auditing committee stated the audit showed the financial statement to be correct, balanced and complete. A motion by Mike Kieke, seconded by Monty Hinzman, carried, to accept the financial report as presented.

Nominating Committee: Reported the following nominees for election to the Board of Directors-John Richter, Tom Rademacher, Mike Barry, Chairman Forsman called for nominations for the floor. After the required number of times. Motion Mike Kieke, seconded Paul Froncak, carried, to close nominations and submit a white ballot for the three incumbents to serve a three year term on the Minnesota Baseball Board.

Commissioners held their meeting earlier in the day and these are some of the concerns they discussed. (How are Regions and Section sites selected.) (Rosters if not filled out completely should be fined not $50.00, but hold back their state tournament pay.

Dave Hartmann gave a brief talk on our new website (M-Design). He told the assembly everything has been going quite well and the number of people that visit the site is up. He also mentioned that there is an Expo planned for the 24th of January for MBA coaches and players. There will be Baseball speakers and vendors and it will be held somewhere around Bloomington. This information will get back to everyone as soon as it is finalized.

Hartmann also reported that a number of Board members checked on the Bird Island site and found that they were making progress. Mike Nagel chairman of the Bird Island site told the assembly they are working with the National Guard on renovating the park. And if there was any team that wanted to renovate their park they should contact him and he will give them a number to contact.

The floor was then open for discussion: (It was brought up that the board look into renting auto scorers like the high school league does it could save money?) (Can a league operate with 3 “C” teams?) (If a 3 team league would be allowed, would they send one team to the Region or Two?) (Mandate each tournament team buy a block of tickets) The board will review all these questions and concerns at the November Meeting.

John Richter introduced the winner of the 2008 Mike Downs Award-Wally Quass of Chaska.

Next meeting of the MBA will be November 22, 2008 at the Eastside VFW, St. Cloud at 11:00 AM

Being to further business to come before the board, motion by Hinzmann, seconded Koch, carried, to adjourn. Adjournment coming at 7:10 PM

Meeting called to order by President Richter at 7:30 PM

All directors answered roll call.

First order of business was election of officers, motion Forsman, seconded Barry, carried, to submit a white ballot for the tree incumbents. For President: John Richter – For Vice President: Fred Roufs – For Secretary Treasure: Bob Zellmann

Rates set for “Ads” in the 2009 MBA handbook – 1/3 page $35, ½ page $50, Cover and Full page $75, Center Fold $400 each site.

Motion Hartmann, seconded Kreger, carried, to set President salary at $1,000.00. -Secretary-Treasure $3,000.00 – Office rent $3,000.00 - Clerical $1,000.00 – Equipment Allowance $1,000.

Motion Rademacher, seconded Barry, carried, to set Board expense at $30.00 per day, mileage at $.50 per mile.

Next meeting of the MBA will be November 22, 2008 at the Eastside VFW, time 11:00 AM.

With there being no further business, motion Forsman, seconded Rademacher, carried, to adjourn.
Adjournment coming at 9:15 PM.